Reply #19: I'm not disputing any of that. Reagan and Bush were sleazebags...

[Matsubara]

...but Carter still gave him the presidency.

I know it means a lot to some people to rehabilitate Carter's reputation, and he surely has done a lot of good since leaving office, but I personally think it's important that his failure helped pave the way for Reaganomics, which is still ruining and increasingly polarizing our country into haves and have-nots today. Carter's term was the nail in the coffin of liberalism, because a LOT of people bought the line of bull that Reagan was selling hook, line and sinker. While Reagan's people were very caredul to make sure Reagan looked and sounded good for the cameras, and supplied him with plenty of cute sound bites, Carter was wearing fussy cardigans and giving dour speeches about turning down the thermostat. Zero image consciousness.

And strangely enough, dem candidates still refuse to learn, except for Bill Clinton. He actually seemed to get it.

I could not believe that Kerry hired Carter's guy Shrum, who has never even won an election to my knowledge...